Some wonder – what’s the real benefit of reciting scriptures daily? At first glance, it may seem like mere repetition, with little visible change in our state of mind. But just as we clean our homes regularly, our minds too require daily purification.
Imagine thoroughly cleaning a room and leaving it closed for a week. When you reopen it, you’ll still find dust settled on surfaces – not because anyone dirtied it, but because dust naturally accumulates from the air. Similarly, our minds gather “dust” throughout each day – through what we see, hear, think, and speak. This mental dust takes many forms: ego, hatred, negative thoughts, or harsh words that pollute our inner space.
While our physical body occupies just one room, our mind contains entire worlds. Just as we sweep our homes daily to maintain cleanliness, we must recite scriptures daily to cleanse our minds. Gurbani’s sacred verses act as a divine broom, sweeping away the accumulated mental impurities.
This practice isn’t empty ritual – it’s the essential maintenance of our inner sanctum, the sacred space where our true spiritual colors reside. Through daily recitation, we don’t just clean the mind; we transform it into a pure dwelling for divine connection. Sat Sri Akal.
(Note: I’ve maintained the original message while improving flow and readability, keeping the house-cleaning analogy central to the explanation of why daily recitation matters.)
